Happy St. Patrick's Day!Alfie here to say 'May the luck of the Irish be ours this coming baseball season and the pot of gold be the trophy at the end. That'd be right fine with me!

Wonder how this finds you. Where the winter months tolerable? Living in Illinois as I do, I'm glad that warmer weather is starting to make an appearance. I'm ready for windows to be opened so I can hear the outdoor birds. I'll bet you've kept busy all these months by playing with foot toys; a lot of your photos show you holding something in a foot! Interesting that you pull a feather and THEN preen it. That's a new one.

More Chances To Win! Bird of the week is now becoming Bird of the Day! Beginning Monday, February 1, 2010, we will switch from Bird of the Week to Bird of the Day. The winner will get 1,000 Bird eClub points and his or her bird’s photo will be in the spotlight all day.

01/27/2010 01:01.16 PM

Hi BouyHow ya' doin', Buddy? Been a while. We are just getting back online. Hope you had a great holiday season. It's been really crazy here. Mom's been doin' a lot of running around.It was really nice over the holidays having Mama & Papa home for 4 days in a row, & then another 4 the next week. We played with all our new toys together & listened to music together & even got to visit a bit. Your new pictures are great. Here's a wing hug & v4u2 from Fred & the flock

HEY BEAUTIFUL, FROM WENDY AND FLOCKFLYING BY TO GIVE YOU A VOTE AND KISSES AND HUGS. MOM IS RECOVERING WELL AND WE ARE ABLE TO GET ON PC MORE AND CATCH UP WITH OUR FRIENDS. BOY IS IT HARD CATCHING UP, LOL. SENDING LOVE , KISSES AND HUGS. BE GOOD FOR MOM. WE LOVE YOU WENDY,POPEY,FRED,GYPSY,AJ

huggs from Warsawhello there, it's been a while... I am fine, still pretty and handsome and in good health. We've got summer in Warsaw, so I enjoy every single minute of good weather. Sending you lots of parroty greetings... Take a good care of yourself...

Hi from Maxie the WonderBird!Hey Bouy! Thanks for flying by. So did you have a good holiday? I enjoyed the noise, myself, although if I put my mind to it I could be just as loud.... Nothing much new around our place, except that I'm spending more time in my cage because my human got a job. I entertain myself by yelling at the Grandmom....Hope you enjoyed your day! Cya...

1) You can look at the upper right hand of the bird channel page ou are looking at. You should see rightmost "Contact Us", followed by "Bird eClub Profiles" If you click on the profiles it brings up a search dialog that has two sides. The left side is search by name or location. You could enter Cuca there; I don't think there will be so many of them returned. Then when you see the one you want, click on the Blog by the name, and it will take you to the page.

2) You can look at the top of the browser you are using to look at your page (on PC computers, Internet Explorer is one brower, AOL provides one, Firefox is another). All of them will have a box at the top that for your page, contains this: http://www.birdchannel.com/blog/viewbio. aspx?apid=87441 There may be some stuff after this. To use the number, go into the box and erase everthing starting with 87441 (Your number) to the right. This should leave http://www.birdchannel.com/blog/viewbio.aspx?apid= Put 122900 where you took your number out. http://www.birdchannel.com/blog/viewbio. aspx?apid=122900 As soon as you have entered the new number, before you move your cursor from where it is, click the enter key. It should take you right to Cuca's page. Her number is 122900.

Hope this helps.

V4U, Braveheart (Our hearts are broken for Cuca's parronts. We are so sad for them.)

Coach Max here - URGENT MESSAGEI received this blog from Cuca's parront... *Cuca has died Our dear little girl died this morning (5/19/09) at approimately 9:00 am PST. She became ill suddenly and as we were on our way to an emergency vet, she died in my arms. We are besides ourselves with grief right now and KayKay is unusually quiet as well. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers.* I wrote a condolence message to her (#122900) and I wrote the Baserball page, asking that a few moments of silence be held for her tomorrow before the game... and I was thinking maybe again Tuesday morning before our game. I am sure that a condolence message from you would be warmly welcomed.

Bouy --I received a blog from the parronts of Cuca, our other cheerleader. Cuca unexpectedly passed away this morning on the way to the emergency vet. If you want to offer your condolence, the page is 122900.

Coach Max here...We're playing those big birds tomorrow - the Macaws. They may *look* big, but all they are is feathers. Get rid of those long tails and they are not much bigger than we are. Let's see some feathers flying - long ones will do. See you all a little early - Mom packed up some energy stuff in the cooler - bars, drinks... to keep us going. Let's Play Ball!

Bouy, Hey buddy,Sorry you haven't heard from your friend in a while. Happens like that sometimes. We haven't heard from Huey & the Nelson flock in a while, either. Sometimes we don't get online as often as we'd like. Mom is still using the lap top 'cause the other one isn't functioning right. It was probably a couple weeks we were off BC when it went fluey. Mom hasn't been going online everyday like b4. Now that I have my own, very big house, & we all have that playstand, it takes longer to clean up at night. Oh, we saw your picture in Bird Talk. That's neat. Congratulations. You're famous, now. We love ya', Bouy. Wing hugs & a v4u2.

Hi from Maxie the WonderBird!Hey Bouy! I thought I recognized your wide-eyed cute face. Pretty cool! Don't forget to drop in at the party if you can, and starting on Saturday the list of birds on my page in 'my motto' will be dressed in some pretty strange costumes.....heehee....Cya...

Hi from Maxie, your Fantasy Isle Host...Hey Everybirdie! If I made you your costume, you will get it by email on Monday. This will give everyone time to load it into their main profile pic and be dressed for the party. Please don't change into costumes any sooner than necessary, because of >> DREAM QUIZ: Submit who you think the birds are in my lower gallery pics. Guessing ends at midnight CST on 3/27. Sorry the pics are small (BC's fault) and crowded (SO many creatures) but can't make it easy! There's 18 scenes (it's a BIG Isle). Double click on pic to open up viewer for better look. See 'my motto' for list of birds in scenes. BLOG ME if you recognize any birds (giving # of pic that they appear in (ex: pic with moon/two werewolfs = "Dream #9) Hope you can at least find yourselves! For extra points, I'll be making bonus pics of "Odd Couples at Love Springs". If anyone drinks or bathes in the magical waters of the Love Springs, they'll find it gives a whole new meaning to "Love is Blind"!) These pics WILL show #'s and will appear at various times in my main profile pic. Catch them when you can, they'll be everchanging. Refer to them by their listed # and "Love Spring" when blogging. REMEMBER TO DELETE BROWSER CACHE/HISTORY IN ORDER TO SEE THE CHANGING PICS. All listed birds are in one of the 18 groups, none more than once, but may also be in a "Love Springs' scene. The birds who asked me to "surprise" them with costumes can ask by email (jkkcat@aol.com) which type of creature they are. We'll see how many can recognize friends (or selves) BEFORE seeing the individual costumes in your mail or on bird pages. After all costumes are posted, visit LOTS of birds to see them-it's a great way to meet new friends! Then join in the ROYAL ELECTION>> While visiting, pick 2 costumes that you really like. Maybe you think the costume is appropriate for that bird, or it's a cool fantasy creature, or even just think it's just too horrible for words! You can even vote for yourself. Email me at jkkcat@aol.com with your 2 choices. The bird with the most votes will be crowned either King (or Queen) of Fantasy Isle, the runnerup will be Vice-King (Queen). The winners will be announced later in April, so check out as many costumes as you can. This will also allow time for my human to recover...lol...) Remember, vote by blog between now and midnight CST 3/27th for who you think are in Dream & Love Spring scenes. After the birds show their individual costumes, & after you've viewed all the costumes, then email me with your 2 choices for Ruler of Fantasy Isle. THE FANTASY ISLE PARTY WILL BE HOSTED ON MY PAGE STARTING ON MARCH 28TH AT 6 PM CST, AND CONTINUE UNTIL NOON ON SUNDAY, MARCH 29TH. ALL BIRDS ARE WELCOME TO STAY ON FANTASY ISLE FOR AN EXTENDED VISIT IF THEY SO DESIRE, AS THE ISLE WILL NOT DISAPPEAR UNTIL SOMETIME AFTER THE ROYAL ELECTIONS....

WENDY HERE AGAIN, LOLYES, I WAS GETTING BIRD TALK MAGAZINE, BUT DURING THIS MOVE, NOT RIGHT NOW. I WILL PURCHASE THE MAGAZINE. CONGRATULATIONS.......... POPEYE AND A STORY ABOUT THE REST OF US WAS IN BIRD TALK IN AUGUST OF 2007. ISN'T IT EXCITING. YOU GO BUOY, GOTTA GET THAT ISSUE!! BEAK KISSES WENDY

HEY BUOY-WENDY HEREHI BEAUTIFUL. LEAVING A VOTE FOR YOU AS ALWAYS WHEN I WILL VISIT YOUR PAGE. THANKS FOR UNDERSTANDING, AND YEAH, I THINK MOM IS MY MATE,HAHA I DON'T LET ANYONE ELSE TOUCH ME, I AM A ONE PERSON BIRD. ME AND THE OTHERS IN THE FLOCK ENTERTAIN PEOPLE. I LOVE TO TALK TO THEM AND SING, BUT DON'T TOUCH, LOL. I AM SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU AS A FRIEND. KEEP IN TOUCH, AND WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON COMPUTER WHEN WE GO BACK TO SELL HOME, I WILL VISIT YOU. DON'T FORGET ME NOW, I WILL BE THINKING ABOUT YOU WHEN I AM IN N.C. TC BEAUTIFUL. LOVE WENDY

OH YEAH, MY MOM IS 58 TOO, BUT I THINK BEING IN CAPTIVITY, OUR LIFE SPAN IS A HUNDRED OR MORE. AWESOME HUH. I AM 69 YA KNOW, JUST A YOUNGUN, LOL

WENDY HERE AGAINYES, I FORGOT TO TELL YOU. I SPEAK IN SENTENCES, SING SONGS AND HAVE MANY DIFFERENT VOICES. LOVE TO DO JOHN WAYNE, LOL. YOU WOULDN'T KNOW ME FROM A HUMAN (WHICH I CONSIDER MYSELF) IF YOU HEARD ME. MY VOCABLUARY IS ENDLESS AND MOM TAUGHT ME ALL. ALL THE FLOCK TALK, AND WE ARE CONSTANTLY TELLING EACH OTHER TO SHUT UP, LOL. MY WING WAS PINIONED IN THE WILD MANY YEARS AGO, SO I CAN'T FLY EITHER, BUT I WALK ON THE FLOOR AND CAN JUMP A LONG DISTANCE, LOL. I USUALLY GUARD THE DOOR, AND BARK LIKE A DOG IF SOMEONE COMES UP. HA LOVE AGAIN AND A VOTE FOR YOU WENDY

KISSES BUOY FROM WENDYHEY BEAUTIFUL FEATHERED FRIEND OF MINE. I AM A MEALY AMAZON. 69 YRS OLD AND AM JUST STILL IN MY TEENS. MOM DID HAVE A BLUE CROWNED CONURE,(GYPSY, BUT MOM PUT HER IN A BREEDING PROGRAM MOM HAS TO MAKE GYPSY A PAGE AND ALSO AJ, SOON WE HOPE. GYPSY IS THE CONURE, AJ IS A QUAKER. MY BROTHER IS A NANDAY CONURE, A GOFFIN COCKATOO, FRED IS 40 YRS OLD AND HE IS A BLUE FACED AMAZON. WE DO LOOK LIKE TWINS HAHA, I AM ONE OF THE LARGEST OF AMAZONE. BEAK KISSES TO YOU AND THANKS FOR BEING MY FRIEND LOVE WENDY

HI BUOY, WENDY HEREHI BEAUTIFUL. GOOD TO HAVE YOU AS A FRIEND. WE DO LOOK ALIKE AND YOU ARE GORGEOUS LIKE ME, HAHA. MOM AND I AND THE REST OF THE FLOCK OF TRAVELING FROM N.C TO VA. MY HOMESTATE FOR QUITE A FEW MONTHS NOW. WE JUST GOT INTO VA. FOR A FEW. MOM HAS NO COMPUTER IN N.C BUT HOPES TO GET A LAPTOP SOON. HOPEFULLY THE HOME WILL SELL SOON AND WE WILL BE BACK IN OUR NEW HOME IN VA. SOON FOR GOOD. I MISS EVERYONE AND REMEMBER IF YOU DON'T HEAR FROM ME, I WILL THINKING OF MY ALMOST TWIN. AND THAT WE WILL BE IN N.C. COME VISIT ANYWAY. TC AND WE LOVE YOU. LOVE WENDY

Bouy --Is that you in that video on BC? Giving thanks for a good life? I have to describe what happened here when we watched it, and we did not have the volume high. Both Greys hit the bottom of the cage ready for fight or flight. Five Senegals yawned -- no food involved. Two parrotlets (one a visitor) hid; Pebbles (the girl) was trying to find something to attack. Oliver, Meyers, screamed right back. It was funny.

Hi from MaxMom got all the pictures finished. FInally. Our picture is at the bottom of my page. Come and get it, and if you want the one with you alone in your cap, have your mom email me at paulamtl@gmail.com - My mom can send both in bigger format that way. Just tell your parront to mention your name or Mom will be sending out the wrong pictures. She has to do this for 3 teams. LOL AND finally, I need numbers. 15 numbers from 1 to 12. You can repeat any you want, skip some... but I need them so we can play our games.

Bouy!Hellooo! My name's Alfie and I'm a teammate of yours on the Columbian Conquistadors. I play Short Field and I see you're our Reserve Guy. Great to have you as part of our team. Did you know that we won our first Spring Training game? 13-12 against the other Amazon team! Your HOME RUN in the 6th inning helped seal that deal!! Thanks!! Looking forward to the first game of the season against the Savage Sennies. Should be amusing. Until then... —A <ª)

thanks for flying by and the voteWe're in Philly for the flower show so our daughter is taking care of birds for the long week-end. Hard to get used to my other daughter's laptop so I can't type very well!

Hi BouyIt's the Ambler flock's mom. Just A QUICK NOTE TO LET YOU KNOW THE HOME 'PUTER IS DOWN. I promised the guys I'd let you know. If you talk to Huey & the Nelson flock, please let them know. Love y'all. Wing hugs & a v4u2.

Greetings from our flockHello Bouy. You are one cool looking bird. Love the photos. Just flying by this morning to say hello. Will and Grace are busy with one chick in the nest and several more eggs. This will be their last clutch of the season. Zeus and Zach enjoyed some out time together yesterday and did a magnificent job of taking care of each others' pin feathers. Zena had her usual snuggle time and Tessa is up to her usual bag of tricks, including pulling the turtle figurine off the shelf every time she comes out of the cage! Here's a vote for you. Hope you have a chance to visit.

Hi from Maxie the WonderBird!Hey Bouy! Geez, you're a hard birdy to find when you change your name....lol... Happened to see a likely blog that led me to you. So what have you been up to? Behavinig yourself? How bad was the beak trim? I've not had to had one of those, they don't sound like fun to me. Oh, BTW, I'm having a party, tentatively the last weekend of March. Details on my page under 'how we met' and 'my motto'....Cya....

Hi Bouy!!!!!!!!!!!!!We just got back from the vet. He wrapped me up in a nasty towel and cut my toe nails and flight feathers. I don't like it one bit! I growl at him. Mom says this is the only time I ever make this noise. Well, she's happy at least. She's been going ouchie, ouchie every time I climb on her arm. She says I file my nails when she's not around to they are sharp!

Hope you are well and getting all the head scratches and beak rubs you want. Take care buddy!

greetings from our flock to yoursHey beaktrim! What a cool name. Zena needs her beak trimmed every three months. When she is done, she keeps running her tongue over her beak like she's just been to the dentist. But she does look soooo much better when she's had the trim! Hope you'll have a chance to come visit us. Meanwhile, here's a vote for you.

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